Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (9-2021) Update
Q: Greg - I heard there are some recent changes made regarding Compact Licenses and a lot of the information I am getting is conflicting! Can you help me make sense of what is going on?
Q: Greg - I heard there are some recent changes made regarding Compact Licenses and a lot of the information I am getting is conflicting! Can you help me make sense of what is going on?
Curated Advice from Some of Our Best Travelers
Arrive Trained, Self – Motivated, and Flexible
Travel RN, Amanda J., has been a Travel Nurse for a year and absolutely loves her job. Amanda confides to her recruiter that she feels like she is on an extended vacation, but with a work schedule. “I get to live in a ‘cool’ place for a few months without having to commit to work on a permanent basis.” If fact, she loves the travel lifestyle so much, she has decided to attempt to work in all 50 States.
David B., our November Featured Traveler, grew up in Tampa, FL. After completing high school at the age of 17, David joined the Air Force and, unbeknownst to him, started his journey of service to others. He was stationed in various locations throughout the U.S. and then sent to serve in Desert Storm. After his tour, David came home, retired from the Air Force, and started his search for a new career.
We are excited to say that 2020 has brought us some good news, for a change! CMStaff was named to Blue Pipe's Top 20 Best Travel Nursing Companies for 2020!
Longtime travel nurse, Kathleen V., thought it was a normal Wednesday morning when she and her husband Gary left his mother's house to run an errand. But today Kathleen encountered an opportunity she faces every day on the job as a nurse: The Opportunity to Make a Difference.
Convergence Medical Staffing is FIVE YEARS OLD this month! WOW… just like the old adage, “time flies when you’re having fun”, we cannot believe that five years has passed already. Having built and sold a very successful Medical Travel company in the not too distant past, the Convergence Management team felt positioned to get our new “baby” up and running quickly. After a whirlwind set-up of office space, technology, and software selections, hiring of office staff began - with many of our former colleagues asking to join the new team.
According to guest editorial author AnneMarie Palatnick in Nursing 2018 Critical Care - “Ineffective communication is one of the most frequently identified root causes of sentinel events and contributes to the 400,000 deaths that occur each year due to preventable medical errors.”
During a Season where our attention turns to being thankful, Convergence would like to THANK and CONGRATULATE the following Travelers for their contributions to our shared success through earned bonuses:
Legislation has now been passed allowing Wisconsin to participate in the eNLC. The Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC) will go into effect on 1/19/2018 for 27 states. The states (currently) participating in the eNLC are...